Cherry Jelly Recipe

• 3-1/2 Cups cherry juice
• 4-1/2 Cups sugar
• 1 pkg Dry pectin
• 1 Cup water
  
  For Cherry Juice:
• 1 Gallon cherries, fully ripe

• Softly wash the cherries and remove the stems.
• In a large bowl, crush cherries.
• Add water to crushed cherries.
• Boil them over high heat.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Strain the juice through a cheesecloth or jelly bag.
• Take a large pot and add cherry juice.
• Now combine pectin with this and stir.
• Place over high heat and stir continuously.
• Bring it to a full rolling boil.
• Add sugar and bring to a full rolling boil once more, keep stirring
• Boil hard for about 1 minute.
• Remove from the fire.
• Remove the foam.
• Ladle into the hot jelly jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace.